SAS Contract Job Trends in the East of England

SAS System
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring SAS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 74 106
Rank change year-on-year - +32 +11
Contract jobs citing SAS 0 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England - 0.21% 0.16%
As % of the Application Platforms category - 1.85% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - - £415
25th Percentile - £379 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £408 £450
Median % change year-on-year - -9.44% -5.26%
75th Percentile - £436 £475
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £492 £525 £470
% change year-on-year -6.29% +11.70% -6.00%

All Application Platform Skills
East of England

SAS falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 92 108 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 4.14% 11.48% 7.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 65 102
10th Percentile £263 £236 £194
25th Percentile £325 £379 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £393
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.65% -17.80%
75th Percentile £551 £600 £521
90th Percentile £600 £675 £586
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 17
10th Percentile £15.35 £49.24 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.50 £61.50 -
Median hourly rate £18.27 £66.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -72.32% +371.43% -17.65%
75th Percentile £23.00 £77.50 £15.38
90th Percentile £47.60 £176.50 £15.50
England median hourly rate £28.00 £52.50 £25.50
% change year-on-year -46.67% +105.88% -27.14%

SAS
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

SAS job vacancy trend in the East of England

SAS
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SAS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SAS

SAS
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SAS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SAS